Beach, Wedding, and lots more fun

Fathers and Sons campout

Brett and Brayden went on there first fathers and sons campout. It has been over a month and Brayden still talks about it. They had a great time together.

Mothers Day

The kids were so excited to make me breakfast in bed and give me there cards. Brynn woke up at 6:00 am. She was so excited that she woke me up before Brett had everything ready, so I just ended up eating it downstairs with all of the family. I have such a cute family, and they each made me feel so special to be there mom.

What we do during the week

The kids love it when Brett is home, and they love doing whatever he is doing. Brett has been such a help especially with my lack of energy. He has really picked up the slack.

The other pick is Brynn doing school with the kids. She loves to play school with the kids when she gets home from school. They play so well together for the most part, which is an awesome blessing.

Uncle Daniel's Wedding

Daniel had a dinner the night before his wedding. It was really nice. After the kids had fun taking picture around the Salt Lake Temple.

Brayden loved blowing the wedding bubbles.This is my mom with all of her grand children minus Sofie, my brother Spencer little girl.

My cute sister Kelsi and mom. My sister is coming to stay with me for a few weeks in July. We are all so excited to have her come here.

This is Kylie, Daniels new bride, and all the nieces.

It was so cute to see Brynn and Aubrey just standing staring at Daniel and Kylie dance. I know they thought it was like the princess and the prince.

Hanging out at Brett's parents

We had fun hanging out with family and friends during Memorial day weekend at Brett's parents.

Donuts with DAD at Brynn's schoolBrett and Brynn got to go to Donut with Dad as an early celebration for Father's Day. Again Brynn got up so early because she was so excited to go with Brett on a date. :)

Girls Weekend in Las Vegas

I was so happy that I got to make it to my girls weekend this year. I wasn't planned on going, but Brett was so awesome to work out his schedule. He was able to watch the kids the whole weekend. He not only watched them, but he spoiled them with donuts, McDonald's, the movie, treats, and much more. My weekend was equally nice. I just relaxed by the pool, got caught up with all my 9 friend from college, sleep in, ate yummy healthy food, and basically just got a renewed energy to be a good mom and wife. Thanks to all my friends who are so supportive and fun. It is amazing to think that all 10 of us from college were all together. :)

Del Mar Beach

Aubrey found a sand crab, and she was so brave to hold it. We could believe she would actually hold it.

Brayden loved being berried in the sand.

Teddy Bear picnic at Brynn school

This is Mrs. Nance with Brynn. The other lady is the afternoon teacher who helps in Brynn class in the morning.

This is Brynn last week of Kindergarten. She graduates tomorrow. It has been quite the Kindergarten year for here. She started out with one teacher in FL, then the class was too big, so she got put with another teacher in FL, then we left and she got a new teacher here in CA. She has been a good sport about the whole thing.

LOVING BEING BACK IN CALI

We are finally getting settled in at our place in Oceanside. We have an awesome house. Thanks to my good friend Jenny who found this home before we even got here. We really got a great house for our family. Brett was joking the other night about how we have this awesome house and the kids favorite thing is there "little home" made out of boxes. They are just happy with the simple things of life. :)

Brayden used his fingers more than the actually paint brush. He loved it although at the end he kept saying "messing hands mama".


OUR FRIEND'S "CAMO" PARTY

Some of our old friends from San Diego had a cute camouflage party for there little boy Eli. It was so fun to see them and all of our other sweet and dear friends that we had missed seeing while in FL. The kids had a great time seeing there friends as well. We went by our old place, and it was weird to think it was just 8 months ago that we used to live there. I remember leaving hoping that we would get to come back to the San Diego area, but not really know if it would be possible. It has been a great as a imaged it would be coming back. :)




BACKYARD

Beside the boxes, I think the kids like playing outside the most here. We have a beautiful big backyard. It has this cute little paved circular path that the kids love to ride around on whatever kind of transportation they can. This is Brett skateboard that he has busted out a few time here. We also live right across the street from an awesome park.


SEA WORLD

We have actually already made it to Sea World. We went with our good friend the Mathews, who are now our neighbors and some of our friends the Shelton from medical school, who were out here on a family vacation. Now that they have a new Sesame Street play land we spend most of our time there.:)



EASTER AT THE BANKS

The kids had a fun Easter holiday. We were actually at the Banks. We did a fun Easter egg hunt at Thanksgiving Point on Saturday, and then we had two Easter egg hunts on Sunday.

We flew there from Florida with Sharon, my mother in law, while Brett and Alan, my father in law, drove across country. They went through quite the elements during there drive. They went through a wind storm in Texas. The winds were so strong it blew our the our car top carry off the van. They also drove there fires and a snow storm in Utah. I am so indebted to both my Sharon and Alan. They helped make our move so much easier.

While I was in UT we got to see a few of my friends and some family. It was a quick trip so I didn't even get to make it to ID to see my family, but it was nice seeing those people that I could.

COLLEGE FRIENDS

These are some of my sweet college friends. Every year we do a girl trip. I am not going to be able to go this year, so it was so nice of my friend Sunny to plan a little afternoon together with those who could get together. We hung out at Sunny's and then when to the park by her house. That is Brynn and Sunny's girl Ellie at the top of the toy. It was so cute to see our girls play so good together. (Maybe they can be roommates together someday.:))


OUR LAST DAYS IN FLORIDA

Since Brett's parent were out for his graduation, we took them to some of our favorite places. Then salad in this picture is from a restaurant called Lambert's. It is in a very southern restaurant. It has huge portion if you can image from looking at the salad. We went to some fun restaurants, the museum, parks, and showed them all of Brett Navy places from his flight training.

Also the last day there we found out that we were having a GIRL. We are excited although Brett is a little nervous because now he is really going to be out numbered.

We spent the last weekend there at the beautiful beaches.


BRETT'S GRADUATION FROM FLIGHT SCHOOL

Brett had an awesome graduation. It took place in the National Aviation Museum. His parents were able to be there, and Brett was honored to have them "give him his wing". ( He now has a pair of wings on his uniform.)


BRYNN LAST DAY AT SCHOOL

Brynn was so sad to say good-bye to her school, and especially her teacher Miss Keegan. In fact yesterday after she got home from her new school here. She sat out our table. She had found a picture of her old stuffed duck that we got rid of after one of our moves. She got tears in her eyes as she talked about how much she miss the duck, and in the same conversation she said she wondered how the tadpoles were doing in Miss Keegan's class. ( I felt a little sad for her. She has been through so much change, and even though she is a pretty happy go lucky girl, and kind of just goes with the flow, I think having to keep moving gets a little hard on her. )

Anyways, I think for the most part we are adjust to our move. We love being back her by so many of our friends, and being a days drive away from family. I am also thankful that we had a chance to experience Florida together as a family. It has been kind of crazy having to move so much, but I feel it has made us closers as a family and a couple.

Catching up!

AUBREY'S 4 year old BIRTHDAY We met Brett for lunch at McDonald's on Aubrey's birthday. Aubrey loved it, and that explains why she has a happy meal box on her head.

Aubrey is all about Snow White these days. (Ever since she got her hair cut short, she thinks she looks like Snow White). Anyway's for her birthday she got everything to do with Snow White that we could find. I think she felt like a princess for the day. We had only a family party for both of the girls this year. I think they still had a good day. Brayden sure loved having a party. He has the "happy birthday" song down really good now, so it is cute to hear him sing.

I just want to say what a joy and a blessing Aubrey is in my life. Having her home with me everyday this year really has been good for both of us. She is a big help and a great friend. She loves it when Brynn comes home from school, but I think she also likes being the "biggest one" at home for the first part of the day. She loves being a nurturer and she likes to act like Brayden's second mother. It is so cute. She really likes to make sure Brayden is happy and well taken care of. If she is not taking care of Brayden she will be taking care of all her baby dolls. :) She really is a sweet and thoughtful girl, and I am so happy she is in our family.

A FUN BEACH DAY

The kids can never get enough of the beach. Brynn gets in the water ever time, but lately Aubrey has been joining her. I still think the water is too cold, but they are brave. Brayden will get his feet in, but he mostly likes to play in the sand.

FORT BARRANCAS

There are a lot of old military forts out here, and we haven't really taken advantage of seeing them. This one is on base, so we checked it out. It is really cool to see the history of out here. After the fort tour, we went to this fun park on Bayou Grande.

BRYNN'S 6 year old BIRTHDAY

Brynn was so funny about her birthday. She keep asking if I was going to have a surprise party for her or something. I had to keep explaining that this year was a family only party year. She has been having a friend party every year since she was 2, so this was a little harder for her to handle. Anyways, I think she had a good day, and she still got spoiled with lots of presents. For her family party we went Chuck E Cheese. (I only had my phone camera, so no pictures great pictures. We had a good time, and Brynn got as many tokens as she could ever want or use).

I just wanted to say on Brynn's birthday how happy I am that she is my oldest child. She is a very responsible, laid back kind of girl. She also loves to have fun and have/host parties. She keeps our life very action packed. She loves riding her bike and scooting around the circle by our house. She is a wonderful sister to Brayden and Aubrey, and I know they both look up to her. She has lived in a lot of places in her short life and has made a lot of friends. She never really seem to complain about all the change. I am so blessed to have her in our family.

THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY TO BE A MOM

When the kids go out and jump and play nicely together!

When Brayden insists on wearing a lion headband to the store. I was seriously laughing the whole time. We got some cute looks. :)

When Brayden tries so hard to put Brett's Navy boots on and then tries to walk in them. I got him to pose for this picture. I love that he is only 2 and he is doing the "tough guy" look. It is so cute to see him follow Brett around. He wants to be just like him. I love it!

When the girls write me the cutest letters. Brynn has been working on spelling in school. She had to translate a little for me, but for the most part I could read it. I keep both Aubrey and Brynn's letters on my bathroom sink, so I can see them everyday.

DAY WITH DADDY AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

Brett took the kids all day last Saturday. He went with some of his other buddies and there kids to the children's museum in Alabama for the day. I had a wonderful day off and the kids loved the museum. They got to be in the news, learn about the body, health, science, music and so much more. The video below is them in a virtual video game. I thought it was so cute.

Anyway, this is what we have been up to the last month or so. Next week we are starting the moving process, and by the middle of April we should be in our home in Oceanside. We have some busy and exciting weeks ahead. :)

MARDI GRAS, DISNEY WORLD, AND MORE

We had a fun time at the Pensacola Mardi Gras parade. The threw so many beads, stuffed animals, toys and candy (even moonpies). If you notice the girls sacks are full with all their goods from the parade. It was a nice family friendly parade. I know they have some other wilder parades at night time. The girls have been playing and sorting through their beads all day.

DISNEY WORLD

This is a picture of Brayden with our friend's son waiting to see the "playhouse disney" show. I love this picture because they look so similar.

This is at Hollywood Studio on one of the sets.

This was at the Wild Animal Kingdom. I think of all the parks we liked this one this one the best. It had awesome displays of the animals, rides, and great shows.

The girls got to see some of the Disney princesses. Unfortunely, when we saw Ariel my camera battery went dead. I think seeing the princesses is what the girls loved the most. Even Brayden liked seeing and talking to Ariel, but Brayden's favorite character to see was Mickey Mouse.

We decided to go to Disney World during President's Day weekend. It was kind of a quick trip, and a lot of driving (about 8 hours each way), but it was so FUN. We got three days in at the parks. We went with two other families from Brett's flight surgery class. I am so happy we got to go, and that the kids got a chance to experience Disney World while we are in Florida.

BRYNN'S SCHOOL VALENTINES PARTY

Here is Brynn at her Valentine's party. It is always so fun to see all the Kindergarters having a good time. Brayden and Aubrey loved it because they got to join in on the fun.

BRETT FLYING

I was so happy Brett got some pictures of him flying. This was one his last day of flight training. He was doing formating flying. Flying has been on of Brett's highlights in life. He really loves it.

BRAYDEN'S TWO YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY

We had a Mickey Mouse birthday party for Brayden. It was cute, because he sang happy birthday to himself and everything. Even days after the party if someone would even say "birthday", he would think they were talking about his birthday. It is hard for me to believe that my baby(for a little while longer) is really two. I am so happy he has been in our lives for these two years. He is such a pleasant happy boy. It really just goes with the flow, and he is always giving us lots of hugs and kisses.

DAY AT THE BEACH

A couple of weeks ago we went down to our favorite local beach, which is funny that we don't do it more because it is less than 5 miles from our house. Anyways, it was such a nice day. It had been a couple of hard weeks of pregnancy and it was just so nice to get out and see the beautiful white sand and the ocean. It really helped me to be happy. We had a picnic and played in the water, and later on went on a great bike ride by the beach.

We also found out resently that we are going back to the beaches of California (Oceanside). Brett got a job working with the Marines at Camp Pendleton. We are so excited to go back. I have liked living here, but I have missed California so much. We will be moving back in April.

Our News

We are going to be adding one more to this mix. We are excited, but I think even more excited that it will be the last one. I have been very tired to put it mildly. Brett has really been having to pick up the slack. He has been so great! He has been taking the kids for outing, cleaning, and even grocery shopping. Good thing I have a good husband. We should be having the baby the last week in August.

Here's the kids loving the airplane museum. They have always like planes, but now that Brett flies they like them even more. It funny we'll be out on the trampoline, and they will see a plane go by and they will start waving because they think it could be dad. Brett has been flying fixed wing plane. He only has a few flight left. Then he has two more months of school and then he graduates and we will be moving.

It has been kind of weird for us because it has been cold enough here that some day we have to play inside. It is weird for us to not go outside everyday because in AZ and CA it never really gets to cold to go out. Anyways, as you can see Brayden is roller skating in the house, and the kids are actually playing in the toy room ( usually they just bring the toys out and play with them all over the house).

Christmas in Idaho ( Our 3rd and final Christmas)

Santa's Visit To The Cabin

Santa has been coming up to our cabin in Island Park since I was a kid. It is always fun to sit on Santa's lap no matter what age. I loved it when my dad jumped on Santa's, ( my brother Jayson), lap. It really made Christmas Eve fun.

Christmas Eve Program

It was fun watching the kids and cousin perform.

Matching PJ's

Santa brought us all matching pajamas. It was funny walking around the cabin all in matching clothes. It was also fun spending time with my sister Kelsi, and of course my brothers.


SNOW DAYS AT THE CABIN

SNOW SHOEING

Brett and I got to go snow shoeing a couple of days. It was so nice being out in the peaceful mountains with the beautiful white snow. It was also nice just being with each other. Everyone back at the cabin was so nice to watch our kids. Thanks family.

SNOW MACHINING

The kids got to ride a snow machine for the first time. They really liked it, and they also did some sledding behind them. They loved having Kelsi and my cousins take them on rides.

One day all of my brothers and sister went on a ride. My uncle Jeff was the tour guide. It was so fun being with all my siblings. It helped distract me from how freezing cold it was on the machines. :)


SLEDDING

There are some big sledding hill close the the cabin. Brynn loved the big hill and Brayden was alright with it, but cute Aubrey had a bad experience with it. She went in the front of the sled with Kelsi and my cousin Dayne, and she got blasted with snow. She was so mad, and refused to go sledding anymore. Then she got really mad when I made her go down with me. She cried the whole way down. (Hopefully, I didn't make it worse.) :) It was fun spending time together as a family in the beautiful outdoors. I love the cabin. I have been going there since I was a child. I am happy my children got to have a Christmas up here. It helps make fun Christmas memories.

UNCLE SHANE

I tried to get a picture of Shane and Brayden together. Brayden didn't want to ever look while I was taking the picture. I wanted to show how much their eyes look alike. Brayden and Shane both have beautiful blue eye with long eyelashes. I remember when Shane was a child people would stop my mom and comment on how beautiful his eyes were. It funny because now they do that with me about Braydens eyes. Thanks Shane for passing on your beautiful eyes to Brayden.

JOHNSON FAMILY PHOTO

We had everyone in the family here minus my brother Brandon in Iraq and my brother Jordon in the Ukraine. We also added two new member to our family both my brothers Jayson and Daniel got engaged, and Shane had a girlfriend he had brought home for Christmas. ( I think they are just friends now though). It was fun and crazy with all of us together. I love being from such a big family and I give my mom and dad so much credit. There is no way I could have eight children. I struggle with just having three. I appreciate everything they have sacrificed for all of us.

ALL NINE JOHNSON COUSINS

The cousin love playing with the uncles and aunts. They get spoiled. I am so lucky to have such great brothers and a awesome sister.


BLAST OFF

We of course can't go to Idaho Falls now without going to Blast Off. My kids just love it. This year all the cousin were with us so it was even that much funnier. Also most of the adult got to play a game of laser tag. Brett said it was actually pretty fun.

THE YURT IN INKOM, IDAHO

We had a little too much smoke at first inside the Yurt. Thanks to my brother Shane who found a long burning out side the fireplace. We finally got all the smoked cleared out.

We all backpacked in the afternoon. We hiked a few miles up the mountain, and got there right as the sun was going down. Thanks to my brother Spencer we made it there without getting lost. I have been to Yurts many times, but I have never been there without getting lose. This was the first. Anyways, we got set up and had dinner, and then played games. Then the next morning we had breakfast and then backpacked out. It was first so nice because it was just me and my siblings. My mom and dad sacrificed not coming so they could watch the grandkids. It is so nice to just have a little time to talk and hang out with everyone without all the distraction. It was also so nice to get to know my brother finances and girlfriend better.

So this finally totals up all of our Christmases. We had a wonderful busy time with all of our family and friends. We are so thankful and grateful to both my parent and Brett parent who worked so hard so we could have a great time.

We are now just trying to get settled in and back on schedule. Almost three weeks of vacation is alot for our family. We are also just waiting in a few weeks to find out our options of places we could be going in April.

Christmas in Utah (our second Christmas)

We had a great time in UT. Here is some of the highlight.

KANGAROO ZOO

COUSIN'S PICTURES

NEW YEAR'S EVE

ICE CREAM PARLOR AT THANKSGIVING POINT

ENJOY UT GREAT SNOWSTORMS

CHRISTMAS AT THE BANKS

"THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS" BREAKFAST WITH SANTA

PLANE RIDE